Category: digitalstorytelling
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Remembering April 19, 1995
Fifteen years ago today, a twenty-six year old United States citizen and former US Army veteran detonated a 4,800 pound homemade bomb in the heart of my state capitol. 168 people were killed in the blast, including 19 children under the age of 6. More than 680 people were injured. Today we remember this tragedy,…
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Lucrative rewards of viral videos encourage parents to put their children on YouTube
The voices of young people are important. We need to respect and listen to young people, and sometimes in our homes, our classrooms and our broader society we don’t. The advent of YouTube has led to interesting dynamics between parents and children when it comes to sharing and showcasing their voices, however, and Lisa Belkin’s…
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New Oklahoma Digital Stories: Integration, Boy Scouting, Italian Food Festivals and Planting Trees
This week another fantastic group of Oklahoma educators completed our 2.5 day Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling workshop, this time at Lowrey School about 30 minutes north of Tahlequah. Lowrey is one of the most innovative public schools in our state, with a 1:1 laptop program for students in grades 3-8. We have over 530…
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Social, economic and cultural commentary via remixed multimedia: Meet DJ Spooky
What does the “War on Terror,” jazz, manufactured consent, hip-hop music, remix culture, Led Zepplin, globalization, Radio Head, contemporary Iranian music responding to recent alleged electoral fraud, and a 1924 film commissioned by the Soviet government have in common? These are all themes included in the latest album and DVD project, “The Secret Song” by…
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If you learned it you should have got an A on it (Scholar Ladies video and Beyoncé remix)
Singing and dancing students, teachers and administrators in the YouTube video, “Scholar Ladies (Get An A On It)” share a positive message about high expectations for school learning and good grades. One of the students in my Technology 4 Teachers class this semester shared this video with me, after we watched the video “Gotta Keep…
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Wilson Rawls: Author of Where the Red Fern Grows
I’m spending several days this week in and near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, leading a Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling workshop for Storychasers at Lowrey School. Lowrey is one of just five public school districts in Oklahoma implementing a 1:1 laptop initiative, and is located about thirty minutes north of Tahlequah. This evening after I tweeted about…
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Quickly make a PowerPoint slideshow with 200+ photos
My wife needs an auto-advancing PowerPoint slideshow for our church services this Sunday, which will include 205 photos of her preschoolers and nursery staff at work and play. She wants a 3 second delay on each photo. I’m not sure if there is a faster way to do this, but these are the steps I…
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Be The Change You Want To See In Schools by Shannon Miller #vanmeter #i11i (library perspectives)
These are my notes from Shannon Miller‘s presentation, “Be The Change You Want To See In Schools” at the Iowa 1 to 1 Institute on April 7, 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Presentation resources from this session are all included on this Google site. Presenters today on Twitter: shannonmmiller (Shannon) Josh_Porter1…
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Iowa 1:1 Institute Presentation Resources
These are the presentation resources for the two sessions our Storychasers board members / representatives will be sharing on April 7, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa, at the CASTLE Iowa 1:1 Institute. Note both sessions are shared as Google Presentations with embedded hyperlinks. OER: Open Educational Resources Storychasing Literacy Technorati Tags: education, i11i, iowa, laptop,…
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Creative Music Making on YouTube with Four iPhones
It’s pretty amazing to see the musical possibilities with iPhone applications like “I Am T-Pain” and “Beatmaker.” In three weeks the YouTube video, “Lady Gaga – Poker Face by Applegirl (ver. I-Phone Apps)” has had over 1 million views. This female, Japanese iPhone musician and singer used four iPhones, running two copies Beatmaker, 1 copy…